New Delhi: Petrol price was on Monday was hiked by 75 paisa per litre and diesel by 50 paisa a litre as rupee hit 11-month low making oil imports costlier. The increase in rates, which are excluding local sales tax or VAT, will be effective from midnight tonight, Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest oil firm, said.
Petrol price in Delhi was hiked by 90 paisa to Rs 63.99 a litre from Rs 63.09 currently, while diesel will cost Rs 50.25 per litre from tomorrow as against Rs 49.69 currently.
Also, the oil companies cut price of cooking gas (LPG) that consumers have to buy beyond their quota of nine subsidised cylinders in a year, by Rs 45 per bottle. Non-subsidised domestic LPG in Delhi will now cost Rs 802 per 14.2-kg cylinder as against Rs 847 currently.
The increase in petrol price is the first in three months, the last hike being on March 1. Since then, petrol prices had been cut four times on falling global oil prices. For diesel, this is the fifth increase in rates this year....
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08:36 PM, May 31, 2013
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09:49 PM, May 09, 2013
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09:17 PM, May 01, 2013
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11:35 PM, Apr 30, 2013
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12:30 PM, Feb 16, 2013
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07:45 PM, Dec 01, 2012
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10:12 PM, Nov 02, 2012
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09:10 PM, Nov 02, 2012
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10:58 AM, Nov 02, 2012
Hyderabad: Dashing the hopes of middle-class families, the Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday announced that three additional cooking gas cylinders at subsidized rate will be given only to consumers under the 'Deepam' scheme. About 40 lakh families belonging to weaker sections would thus get a total of nine cylinders every year at subsidized rate. The state government has limited its Dussehra gift only to consumers under 'Deepam' scheme, which was...
12:50 AM, Oct 24, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Sunday ruled out a rollback or modification of its decision to cap supply of subsidised cooking gas (LPG) at 6 cylinders per household in a year as it will cast a "shadow" on the whole reform process. "No, absolutely not. There is no change (in the September 13 decision)," a top government source said. The government had on September 13 decided to cap supply of...
02:29 PM, Oct 14, 2012
New Delhi: India plans to provide affordable electricity to all households in the next five years, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday. "The Government of India aims to provide 24x7 electricity to all households in the country and affordable access to electricity in the next 5 years," he said inaugurating an International Seminar on Energy Access organised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and CII in New...
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10:02 AM, Sep 21, 2012
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01:10 PM, Sep 17, 2012
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12:52 PM, Jun 15, 2012
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10:46 AM, May 22, 2012
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11:20 AM, May 18, 2012
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